Topics

• Python for Java Developers
  By: Heather White
  Experience Level: Novice
  Length: 15 Minutes
  Description:

  According to the StackOverflow annual survey, Python and Java are ranked in the top ten programming languages in terms of popularity.  This talk will contrast these languages, with the goal of helping those coming from Java understand the key features of Python.

• Decoding “Fedspeak” With Python
  By: jorgoose
  Experience Level: Intermediate
  Length: 14 Minutes
  Description:

  Every word from the Federal Reserve moves markets, but their statements are often cryptic. In this talk, I’ll aim to break down my work for a class I took in college on using machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to analyze Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statements and minutes to “predict” interest rate changes. By applying sentiment analysis, text processing, and neural network modeling, I tried to explore whether AI can help us potentially decode central bank language and anticipate monetary policy shifts. I will share some key findings and challenges.

• Biggest Job Search Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
  By: Aline Lerner
  Experience Level: Intermediate
  Length: 15 Minutes
  Description:

  I'm one of the authors of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview (the official sequel to CTCI) and the founder of interviewing.io.

  I've been around eng hiring for almost 20 years, as a candidate, and eng leader, a recruiter (both in-house and agency), and finally as the founder of a mock interview and recruiting platform.

  I keep seeing engineers make the same, very avoidable mistakes. In this talk, I'll walk you through them. Note that there are no shortcuts to getting good at technical interviews. There, you have to practice. But, there are a bunch of job search things that you can get good at after a short talk, and those are the ones I'll focus on.